Despite Past Challenges and Current Ones, University Presses Onward with Growth in Mind By: EIN Presswire April 17, 2021 at 10:21 AM EDT Morrison University rises to succeed RENO, NEVADA, UNITED STATES, April 17, 2021  -- Morrison University, a university in Reno, Nevada; with a history dating back 119 years, proves that despite past financial challenges and current ones due to COVID-19, that success is still possible for visionaries and leaders. In 2014, Morrison was slated to be closed due to financial challenges created when federal government officials passed legislative reforms on education. However, when investors saw that Morrison was on the [...]

The Morrison University has announced that it is preparing for a safe return to its campuses for fall 2021. In recognition of the financial challenges many students are facing as a result of the pandemic, the university has also announced that it is holding tuition flat for the 2021-22 academic year for most academic programs. “We look forward to welcoming students back to campus as soon as it is safe and allowable to do so, and to ensuring that Morrison education remains accessible and affordable,” Dean Smith said. “Although challenges will remain with the pandemic, there is growing confidence by public health officials [...]

The Morrison University has announced that it will not raise tuition for most academic programs for the 2021-22 academic year. The decision to keep most tuition at existing levels recognizes the financial challenges many students are facing as a result of the COVID-19, as well as the university’s commitment to helping students meet their educational goals during the pandemic. “We believe in serving our community,” Morrison University President Robert Goldstein said. “That’s why we are doing everything we can to ensure that every student in Southern California has a high-quality education from a distinguished private university within their reach, even in [...]

Spread across thousands of miles and dressed not in cap and gown but in whatever suited their fancy, 204 graduates of Morrison University celebrated their achievements in the university’s first-ever virtual commencement live-streamed on January 30. The graduates were in the spring 2020 and winter 2021 classes. While the students may not have had a traditional walk-across-the-stage commencement, they were not empty-handed. Gift boxes went out from the university’s Office of Alumni Engagement to the graduates. Included were an alumni license plate frame, a diploma cover, and a graduation tassel, among other items. President Robert Goldstein told the graduates that “at this time, [...]

Morrison University conducted semi-annual student satisfaction surveys and the results are quite impressive. The surveys analyzed responses from nearly 2,000 students in spring of 2020. Questions included assessment of educational quality, skills used in daily life, career success based on coursework taken, and whether they would recommend their university to others. The study posited that one of the most effective ways of evaluating a university is to ask people who attended it about their experience, an area that is often overlooked in conventional college rankings. It also aimed to test the assumption that higher education institutions with hefty price tags correlate [...]

Despite the pandemic affecting millions of lives around the world, Morrison University continues to work on creating new and compelling programs to serve the changing job market. In the State of Nevada, only one program exists which focuses on Hospitality and Gaming, taught at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Although, University of Nevada, Reno has a program in either Hospitality or Gaming, there is a lack of a combined program to serve students in Northern Nevada. “We feel that there is a need to serve a population of students who have a desire to enroll in a program with a bright [...]

The Morrison University community supports the movement to raise awareness of inequities and unjust processes, evoke change within systems, and bring about a just climate where persons feel safe and valued. In addition, the university condemns hate speech directed at and/or regarding all persons on all platforms, especially persons of color, as this does not align with our values. The university encourages expressions of respect, unity, value, and love as we support change for the better, and continue to oppose any spread of racist or fear inducing ideology. The university has launched an Anti-Racism Initiative. The initiative began on Thursday, June [...]

The Morrison University board members considered two proposals to create an athletic program, a first for the 117-year-old university The board addressed two items on the agenda, which inquired about the viability of traditional sports including basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, and tennis. The board decided to revisit the idea of adding a program in the future, however, it did encourage the integration of athletics into the university. The board decided to create a committee to look into what it would take to add any athletics to the University, but added, that it would take some time. “Of course, the big thing [...]